diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/data_frame_analytics.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/data_frame_analytics.ts
index 98a8e4c9cbf2d..f8771e9e19d8c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/data_frame_analytics.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/data_frame_analytics.ts
@@ -34,18 +34,19 @@ export type GetDataFrameAnalyticsStatsResponse =
   | GetDataFrameAnalyticsStatsResponseOk
   | GetDataFrameAnalyticsStatsResponseError;
 
-interface GetDataFrameAnalyticsResponse {
+export interface GetDataFrameAnalyticsResponse {
   count: number;
   data_frame_analytics: DataFrameAnalyticsConfig[];
 }
 
-interface DeleteDataFrameAnalyticsWithIndexResponse {
+export interface DeleteDataFrameAnalyticsWithIndexResponse {
   acknowledged: boolean;
   analyticsJobDeleted: DeleteDataFrameAnalyticsWithIndexStatus;
   destIndexDeleted: DeleteDataFrameAnalyticsWithIndexStatus;
   destIndexPatternDeleted: DeleteDataFrameAnalyticsWithIndexStatus;
 }
-interface JobsExistsResponse {
+
+export interface JobsExistsResponse {
   results: {
     [jobId: string]: boolean;
   };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/error_utils.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/error_utils.ts
index dc871a9dce805..6afce76cdc6c2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/error_utils.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/error_utils.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function isRequestTimeout(error: { name: string }) {
   return error.name === REQUEST_TIMEOUT_NAME;
 }
 
-interface Results {
+export interface Results {
   [id: string]: {
     [status: string]: any;
     error?: any;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/groups.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/groups.ts
index 81b0494cbdf27..ca7bfe997451c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/groups.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/groups.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import { Job } from '../../../common/types/anomaly_detection_jobs';
 import { MlJobsResponse } from '../../../common/types/job_service';
 import type { MlClient } from '../../lib/ml_client';
 
-interface Group {
+export interface Group {
   id: string;
   jobIds: string[];
   calendarIds: string[];
 }
 
-interface Results {
+export interface Results {
   [id: string]: {
     success: boolean;
     error?: any;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job/line_chart.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job/line_chart.ts
index 93f7c81c10023..76404b0aa5b6f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job/line_chart.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job/line_chart.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ interface Result {
   value: Value;
 }
 
-interface ProcessedResults {
+export interface ProcessedResults {
   success: boolean;
   results: Record<number, Result[]>;
   totalResults: number;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job/population_chart.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job/population_chart.ts
index e614f887e29bc..94b25ac3f0d88 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job/population_chart.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job/population_chart.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ interface Result {
   values: Thing[];
 }
 
-interface ProcessedResults {
+export interface ProcessedResults {
   success: boolean;
   results: Record<number, Result[]>;
   totalResults: number;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/new_job_caps.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/new_job_caps.ts
index 73d35efd66c8b..98c6ff3d56060 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/new_job_caps.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/job_service/new_job_caps/new_job_caps.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { _DOC_COUNT } from '../../../../common/constants/field_types';
 import { Aggregation, Field, NewJobCaps } from '../../../../common/types/fields';
 import { fieldServiceProvider } from './field_service';
 
-interface NewJobCapsResponse {
+export interface NewJobCapsResponse {
   [indexPattern: string]: NewJobCaps;
 }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/saved_objects/checks.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/saved_objects/checks.ts
index 9258b143c9747..90771f0938d20 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/saved_objects/checks.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/saved_objects/checks.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ interface JobStatus {
   };
 }
 
-interface StatusResponse {
+export interface StatusResponse {
   savedObjects: {
     [type in JobType]: JobSavedObjectStatus[];
   };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/ml/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..de019904e872f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "common/**/*",
+    "public/**/*",
+    "server/**/*",
+    "shared_imports.ts",
+    "../../../typings/**/*",
+    // have to declare *.json explicitly due to https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/25636
+    "public/**/*.json",
+    "server/**/*.json",
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/embeddable/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/index_pattern_management/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../cloud/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../features/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../license_management/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../licensing/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../maps/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../security/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../spaces/tsconfig.json" },
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
index a9d76eea80d8f..b15db240404aa 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     { "path": "../plugins/event_log/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/licensing/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/lens/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/ml/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/task_manager/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/triggers_actions_ui/tsconfig.json" },
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index 7f64a552a5169..0605198516751 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "plugins/maps/**/*",
     "plugins/maps_file_upload/**/*",
     "plugins/maps_legacy_licensing/**/*",
+    "plugins/ml/**/*",
     "plugins/reporting/**/*",
     "plugins/searchprofiler/**/*",
     "plugins/security_solution/cypress/**/*",
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/maps_file_upload/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/maps_legacy_licensing/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/maps/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/ml/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/painless_lab/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/saved_objects_tagging/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/searchprofiler/tsconfig.json" },
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
index 43a488e8727cc..0ec63537c7b3a 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/maps_file_upload/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/maps_legacy_licensing/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/maps/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/ml/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/painless_lab/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/reporting/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/saved_objects_tagging/tsconfig.json" },